4.5*
I just can't even begin to explain this amazing dystopian ya.
It is a satirical look at how the media, men, and people in general view and portray women and how that could lead to a very different future in this novel.
I was lucky enough to receive this copy for review from NetGalley and I had actually read about it in a Buzzfeed article several months before heralding it as one of the best new dystopians.
They couldn't have been more right. I enjoyed this so much more than I initially thought I would.
The writing was amazing and the although you get very little information about the world outside of the school and what happens outside of the grounds you do feel like the school in which this takes place is a world of its own.
Imagine a future when the world has only a few approved living zones left and girls are not "manufactured" to suit the tastes of the men surviving.
The are raised in a school, are told they are never pretty or special enough and are told the best thing that could happen to them is to become a males "companion" basically the equivalent of a wife.
However you can also become a concubine or a chastity which are the women that keep the school running for future generations.
There are 3 girls for every male and he gets to decide to be with you or keep you as his side piece.
The females in this book are told constantly they need improvement they have a target weight and are judged weekly by anyone who can log onto the internet how pretty they are and what is ugly about them.
They are not allowed to cry or feel emotions and basically just supposed to be perfect robots.
As the book progressed and our main character gets closer and closer to either becoming a wife or harlet you feel for her and realize the effects of social pressures on a young female.
The ending was amazing. Overall, I couldn't have been more excited for this amazing debut and can't wait for anything Louise O'Neill puts out next.
Her writing style is gripping and her world and characters amazing.
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